TIMBER
FALLS
A town. A father. A system of silence.Timber Falls
Written by Vicellous Shannon
A son seeking answers about his father in a psychiatric ward encounters a town shaped by compliance, secrecy, and institutional control.
INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION
Independent film.
Human stories.
Psychological thrillers. Untold histories.
A company built around a distinct point of view.
FOUNDED BY VICELLOUS SHANNONMeet Swoon
01 / THE COMPANY
SWOON ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Faith and Fear Cannot Exist in the Same Room.
Suspense holds
our attention.
People give stories
their purpose.
Swoon Entertainment develops film and television with a focus on psychological thrillers, horror, and untold stories of Black history.
Founded by actor and producer Vicellous Shannon, Swoon brings his experience in film and television to a growing slate of original projects. The company’s work connects contained genre storytelling with an interest in identity, memory, accountability, and the people history has overlooked.
OUR FOCUS
Thrillers & horror
Contained stories driven by character, pressure, and suspense.
OUR PERSPECTIVE
History & legacy
Black experiences and contributions told through the people who lived them.
02 / FILM & TV SLATE
IN DEVELOPMENTWork in progress.
Stories taking shape.
The projects below are in development. Timber Falls is currently being packaged and financed.
TIMBER
A town. A father. A system of silence.THE
THREAD
A public voice. A manufactured truth.The Thread
Written by Vicellous Shannon
A declaration of Black pride triggers a coordinated deepfake attack. A veteran actor and filmmaker fights to protect his family, his film, and his name.
THE
PORTRAIT
A portrait. A buried history.The Portrait
Written by Vicellous Shannon
At his official portrait unveiling, a former governor becomes trapped inside a capitol where images consume people and rewrite identities, forcing him to confront a buried racial atrocity and his own abuses of power.
THE ONES
WHO KNEW
A cover-up. Surviving witnesses.The Ones Who Knew
Written by Vicellous Shannon
Shootings lead a campus safety director back to a buried sexual-assault case. As he shelters surviving witnesses, he learns someone is using the evidence to silence them.
THE
SECOND
TIME
One night. Fragments of a murder.The Second Time
Written by Vicellous Shannon
During one night at a remote mountain lodge, a former crime-scene photographer sees fragments of events before they happen and must uncover a murder he helped conceal.
THE
ELEVENTH
MINUTE
Eleven missing minutes.The Eleventh Minute
Written by Vicellous Shannon
A former hostage negotiator enters an experimental procedure to recover eleven minutes surrounding his wife’s murder, then uncovers repeated memory erasures and a program manufacturing false witnesses.
COURAGE
HAS
NO COLOR
The story of the Triple Nickles.Courage Has No Color
Walter Morris and America’s first Black paratroopers fight segregation, earn their wings, and face a secret wartime assignment on American soil.
WE
ARE
Private fears. Impossible deaths.We Are
Written by Kristian Gabriel
Story by Vicellous Shannon, Kristian Gabriel and Toi Juan Shannon
A skeptical detective and a phobia specialist investigate deaths shaped by victims’ deepest fears, uncovering an ancient collective entity feeding on human terror.
THE
THIRD
KNOCK
Some secrets refuse to stay buried.The Third Knock
Written by Vicellous Shannon
A photograph conservator uncovers her husband’s plan to stage her death. Unexplained knocking leads her toward the truth about his first wife’s murder.
PLAUSIBLE
DENIABILITY
Shared choices. Denied responsibility.Plausible Deniability
Written by Vicellous Shannon
Trapped in a closed care center with staff implicated in a patient’s death, a crisis consultant confronts a supernatural presence exposing their choices and his own role in helping everyone deny responsibility.
03 / THE FOUNDER
ACTOR & PRODUCERVicellous
Shannon.
Founder, Swoon Entertainment
Vicellous Shannon is an actor, producer, and founder of Swoon Entertainment, known for his breakout performance as Lesra Martin in The Hurricane alongside Denzel Washington.
His film work includes D2: The Mighty Ducks, in which he played James, and Annapolis opposite James Franco, Hart’s War alongside Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell, and Freedom Song with Danny Glover, in which he portrayed Owen Walker. He later played Agent Porter alongside Nicolas Cage in The Humanity Bureau and appeared in Distorted with Christina Ricci and John Cusack, and Come Out Fighting with Dolph Lundgren, Kellan Lutz, Michael Jai White, and Tyrese Gibson.
On television, Shannon portrayed Keith Palmer, the son of Dennis Haysbert’s David Palmer, on FOX’s 24. His credits include recurring roles on CSI and JAG, as well as guest appearances on Sons of Anarchy, House, Cold Case, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, and Judging Amy.
Development & production experience
Shannon’s producing experience includes raising capital for film production and contributing to screenplay development and polishing. He helped develop and polish the screenplays for The Humanity Bureau and Distorted, and helped raise funding for both films. Both films were produced in association with Minds Eye Entertainment.
He also appeared in The Humanity Bureau alongside Nicolas Cage and in Distorted alongside Christina Ricci and John Cusack. This experience across development, financing, and performance informs his work as a producer at Swoon Entertainment.
Born in Memphis and raised in Orange County, Shannon trained at The Actors Workshop in Laguna Hills. Through Swoon Entertainment, he brings his experience in film and television to the development and production of original projects, including psychological thrillers and stories of Black history. He serves as a producer and actor on Timber Falls.
Shannon is the proud father of two daughters.
SELECTED ACTING CREDITS / VICELLOUS SHANNON
The HurricaneD2: The Mighty DucksHart’s WarFreedom SongAnnapolis24The Humanity BureauDistortedCome Out Fighting
Individual acting credits. View complete acting credits on IMDb
04 / TELEVISION CREDITS
VICELLOUS SHANNONA career across
television.
44television titles
Series, television films & pilots
Series 35 titles
- 24
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Bones
- Chicago Hope
- City of Angels
- Cold Case
- Crime & Punishment
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Miami
- Dangerous Minds
- Dream On
- Early Edition
- House
- JAG
- Judging Amy
- L.A. Firefighters
- L.A. Law
- MacGyver
- M.A.N.T.I.S.
- Moesha
- NYPD Blue
- Party of Five
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
- Picket Fences
- Roc
- Sister, Sister
- Sons of Anarchy
- South Central
- The Client
- The Guardian
- The Mentalist
- The Parent ’Hood
- The Shield
- Touched by an Angel
- Without a Trace
Television films & pilots 9 titles
- Banner Times
- David and Lisa
- Don’t Look Back
- Freedom Song
- Grand Avenue
- M.A.N.T.I.S.
- Pleading Guilty
- Semper Fi
- Zooman
Individual acting credits. Title count includes television films and pilots, with M.A.N.T.I.S. listed separately as a series and a television film. View IMDbPro profile · View IMDb profile
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